"Jenna" is a recent (1980's) variant of the given name "Jenny", an English diminutive of "Jane" or "Jennifer". The Greek equivalents of "Jenny" are "Gianna", "Ioanna" or "Yanna", the modern Greek forms of "Joanna", derived from the Greek Greek name Ιωαννα ("Ioanna"), the feminine form of "Ioannes", the Greek form of "John".
John the Baptistin the Eastern Orthodox Church is celebrated as "Saint John the Forerunner" on six separate feast days, but 7 January ("The Synaxis of Saint John the Forerunner") is his main day, and the name day for all Greek people named Yannis, Ioannis, Yanna or Ioanna.
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"Jenna" is a recent (1980's) variant of the given name "Jenny", an English diminutive of "Jane" or "Jennifer". The Greek equivalents of "Jenny" are "Gianna", "Ioanna" or "Yanna", the modern Greek forms of "Joanna", derived from the Greek Greek name Ιωαννα ("Ioanna"), the feminine form of "Ioannes", the Greek form of "John".
John the Baptistin the Eastern Orthodox Church is celebrated as "Saint John the Forerunner" on six separate feast days, but 7 January ("The Synaxis of Saint John the Forerunner") is his main day, and the name day for all Greek people named Yannis, Ioannis, Yanna or Ioanna.